title: Complete mitochondrial genome of an aquatic moth, Elophila interruptalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae).
abstract: The aquatic moth, Elophila interruptalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) belongs to the subfamily Nymphulinae, nearly all of which are aquatic in their entire larval and pupal stages. The 15,351-bp long complete mitogenome consisted of a typical set of genes (13 protein-coding genes, two rRNA genes and 22 tRNA genes) and one major non-coding A+T-rich region, with the typical arrangement found in the majority of Lepidoptera. One of the unusual features of the E. interruptalis mitogenome is the presence of a tRNA(Phe)-like sequence beyond the A+T-rich region. The sequence is encoded in the minor strand of the genome overlapping with the reversely encoded regular tRNA(Glu) by 65 bp. The sequence divergence of the tRNA(Phe)-like sequence to that of regular E. interruptalis tRNA(Phe) and other within-familial species was as low as 59% ∼ 71%, but has a proper folding structure with well-matched stems and identical anticodon sequences to the regular copy.
authors.affiliation: College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Chonnam National University , Gwangju , Republic of Korea and.
authors.forename: Jeong Sun
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Min Jee
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sung-Soo
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Iksoo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D019476:Insect Proteins; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Elophila interruptalis; mitochondrial genome; tRNAPhe-like sequence